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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Obbligato
Progression
Classicism
Klangfarbenmelodie
2. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Interpretation
Tonal
Medley
Classical
3. Arranging a piece of music for an orchestra. Also - the study of music.
Orchestration
Twelve-tone music
Cantata
Root
4. In sheet music - a symbol at the beginning of the staff defining the pitch of the notes found in that particular staff.
Theme
String Quartet
Fourth
Clef
5. To shift to another key.
Modulation
Libretto
Phrase
Interlude
6. A group singing in unison.
Elegy
Virtuoso
Grave
Chorus
7. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Triple time
Tone
Recitative
Modes
8. A quick - improvisational - spirited piece of music.
Scherzo
Sharp
Capriccio
Scale
9. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Interval
Dissonance
Vibrato
Piano
10. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Relative major and minor
Etude
Counterpoint
Tune
11. One or more vocalists performing without an accompaniment.
A cappella
Unison
Glee
March
12. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Ostinato
Medley
Romantic
Part
13. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Concert master
Operetta
Fugue
Cadenza
14. One of two or more parts in polyphonic music. Voice refers to instrumental parts as well as the singing voice.
Canon
Movement
Whole note
Voice
15. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Fourth
Accelerando
Reed
Galliard
16. An important characteristic of the Romantic period. It is a style where the strict tempo is temporarily abandoned for a more emotional tone.
Rubato
Expressionism
Dissonance
Glee
17. To shift to another key.
Medley
Impromptu
Modulation
Drone
18. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Quartet
Overture
Interlude
Staccato
19. Pertaining to the loudness or softness of a musical composition. Also the symbols in sheet music indicating volume.
Pitch
Flat
Dynamics
Forte
20. A hymn sung by the choir and congregation often in unison.
Da Capo
Chorale
Tremolo
Notation
21. A separate section of a larger composition.
Temperament
Movement
Cadenza
Song cycle
22. The interval between two notes. Three whole tones and one semitone make up the distance between the two notes.
Clavier
Movement
Fifth
Deceptive cadence
23. A whole note is equal to 2 half notes - 4 quarter notes - 8 eighth notes - etc.
Rondo
Whole note
Timbre
Tune
24. Music written to be sung or played in unison.
Homophony
Serenade
Chorus
Expressionism
25. The playing or singing the upper half of the vocal range. Also the highest voice in choral singing.
Beat
Treble
Grazioso
Requiem
26. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Concert master
Reprise
Chorale
Presto
27. A harmonic given off by a note when it is played.
Partial
Tessitura
Notation
Monotone
28. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Tritone
Fugue
Obbligato
Classical
29. A musical scale having five notes.For example: the five black keys of a keyboard make up a pentatonic scale.
Pentatonic Scale
Symphony
Recapitulation
Key signature
30. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Opera
EnharmonicInterval
Fourth
Resonance
31. Dull - monotonous tone such as a humming or buzzing sound. Also a bass note held under a melody.
Gavotte
Drone
Intonation
Key signature
32. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Falsetto
Sequence
Forte
Tone less
33. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Ligature
Tonic
Harmony
Courante
34. First developed in the 8th century - methods of writing music.
Chord progression
Consonance
Glee
Notation
35. Singing or chanting in unison without strict rhythm. Collected during the Reign of Pope Gregory VIII for psalms and other other parts of the church service.
Resonance
Gregorian Chant
Musicology
Phrase
36. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Sonatina
Rococo
Quadrille
37. System of notes or tones based on and named after the key note.
Cadence
Key
Dynamics
Ostinato
38. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Classical
Fermata
Song cycle
Romantic
39. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Rococo
Oratorio
Unison
40. Often used in overtures - a composition that uses passages from other movements of the composition in its entirety.
Medley
Vibrato
Finale
Deceptive cadence
41. Music composed such that each note is used the same number of times.
Quadrille
Twelve-tone music
Ensemble
Modulation
42. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Key signature
Chorale
Measure
Tone
43. A direction in sheet music indicating the tempo is to be very fast.
Gregorian Chant
Minor
Presto
Octet
44. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Cavatina
Motif
Adagio
Virtuoso
45. The distance in pitch between two notes.
Homophony
Interval
Obbligato
Opera
46. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Musette
Medley
Sextet
Intonation
47. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Recitative
Theme
Cantata
Recital
48. Pertaining to the fugue - the overlapping of the same theme or motif by two or more voices a few beats apart.
Counterpoint
System
Tone
Stretto
49. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Espressivo
Major
Prelude
Castrato
50. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Glee
Recitative
Beat
Opera